English Video Review of Transformers Studio Series 08 Blackout, with Comparisons

So excited to go out and find this figure, if I can that is. He and Grimlock will probably be the only two figures that I'll be picking up, aside from having already gotten Bee and Stinger. Maybe thinking about Starscream and Megatron if he's tall enough, but if they gice us some more leader figures in future waves like another dinobot or even Bonecrusher, I'll totally pick them up as well.

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Ouch...

Kids, man.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Super stoked for the leaders, they look to be awesome!

Still hoping Hasbro does something about SS Thundercracker and TRU. I really want him

I'd just keep checking, I found him on Friday and got to choose the one with the best paint out of the 7 or so on the shelf. Super lucky.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

Autobot Roadburn wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Super stoked for the leaders, they look to be awesome!

Still hoping Hasbro does something about SS Thundercracker and TRU. I really want him

I'd just keep checking, I found him on Friday and got to choose the one with the best paint out of the 7 or so on the shelf. Super lucky.

The TRU near me has finished its stock, I asked. They're focusing on build sets that are still outlandishly priced.

By chance, do you live in the US? And could you maybe pick another up and ship it? Or trade it?

I'd have to get back there and see if any are left, and I can't do that at least until tomorrow. If I still find any I'll direct message you. The only trade I'm interested in right now is Blackout so if you happen to find him I could send you Thundercracker and either the difference in cost or trde figures. I'll try to track him down if I can, he's a really fun figure.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

Autobot Roadburn wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

Autobot Roadburn wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Super stoked for the leaders, they look to be awesome!

Still hoping Hasbro does something about SS Thundercracker and TRU. I really want him

I'd just keep checking, I found him on Friday and got to choose the one with the best paint out of the 7 or so on the shelf. Super lucky.

The TRU near me has finished its stock, I asked. They're focusing on build sets that are still outlandishly priced.

By chance, do you live in the US? And could you maybe pick another up and ship it? Or trade it?

I'd have to get back there and see if any are left, and I can't do that at least until tomorrow. If I still find any I'll direct message you. The only trade I'm interested in right now is Blackout so if you happen to find him I could send you Thundercracker and either the difference in cost or trde figures. I'll try to track him down if I can, he's a really fun figure.

Thanks! I'd appreciate that. He's a favorite character of mine and I love the Nitro Zeus mold!

No problem! I like him a lot more than Nitro, the colors are better and his head design is super cool. Not sure if it's been done yet but I'll try and upload a comparison photo of the two side by side.

Really love this guy. The Toys R Us I go to must be running out of employees giving a scrap because they’ve actually stopped answering the phone altogether. Figured I’d run over and check since they don’t answer and got super lucky! Still can’t believe he’s the last ever Toys R Us exclusive though.

i cannot believe i just typed out a load of stuff and the site didn't connect when i pressed send and when i clicked back all my post was completely gone.

So here's me rewriting it all (and copy pasting it into text file just in case i lose it again)
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Had these for almost a week now and have got a lot of play from them on my desk.

Bumblebee - Surprisingly smaller than the TLK figure but that works for me since this is 2007 Bee and I can reason that he got stronger and a bit bulkier over the series. Yes, roof does come off a bit easily but i can fix that. I had more trouble getting the hood over onto the chest for car mode and then back again for robot mode. That was a pain. Dunno if there's some step I missed cos i didn't use the instructions (more fun figuring it out for yourself, and using the instructions only when stuck). Like that they re-designed the gun arm attachment from the TLK figure so now it fits on his right arm and can still bend at the elbow. Very fun figure.









Ratchet - I will say there are a couple aspects of the 2011 Deluxe I prefer such as transparent windows and a better folded backpack but I do like the increased size of this figure and small things like the front wheels reversing in robot mode to reveal those lil light bits. Can use some more paint in places particularly on the forearms and the vehicle mode (the Takara Movie the Best version of the 2011 mold has a great paintjob that blows this one away) but I like this figure a lot and even just for scale it edges out the 2011 mold for me.








Gave him a gun from a junker DotM Topspin


I'm really liking this series and very grateful for it as without I would very likely not be buying any Transformers this year at all. Yes they have some flaws (but I can't think of many Transformers figure that don't have any thing to improve or change) but I'm satisfied with my purchases (especially as they were only £20 each which is bit cheaper than TLK price or The Entertainer's rip off prices for Titans Return Deluxes, plus these has free delivery). I most want Starscream and Grimlock next, then Optimus and Blackout then Crowbar and Stinger, if I can get those before Wave 2 hits.

Also I really do love the backdrops as they make the shelf look so much nicer and give the figures a more 'grounded' look and added atmosphere.

Love the pics carnivius! Especially the ones where they are mid transformation.

Carnivius_Prime wrote:i cannot believe i just typed out a load of stuff and the site didn't connect when i pressed send and when i clicked back all my post was completely gone.

Been there, done that. Next time resist the urge to hit back and hit reload/refresh instead, it should resend the same information.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:

Carnivius_Prime wrote:i cannot believe i just typed out a load of stuff and the site didn't connect when i pressed send and when i clicked back all my post was completely gone.

Been there, done that. Next time resist the urge to hit back and hit reload/refresh instead, it should resend the same information.

Emerje

It's weird cos normally when I click back, it's saved that info just in case of such a problem but it didn't this time. Maybe something's gotten disabled in my browser. Will look it up laters.

Sabrblade wrote:TV spot for this line:

Nice. Only a few figures shown but I like the focus on the backdrops. Think all TF toys could use those as a cheap extra. All them G1 MP toys could have used backdrops from the episodes their accessories are mostly based on like Hot Rod's could have a reversible one of the sharkticon pit where he uses the saw or the lake where he and Daniel fish for a nice constrast.